Ex-Scientology Actor Attacks Ex-Scientology Plaintiff in TMZ Story Clearly Not Planted by Scientology

June 2, 2011

After spending more than a week frozen in a mixture of glycol and alcohol, this thetan is ready to re-enter the volcano! We’re going to pierce the WALL OF FIRE! (Um, actually, it was a case of walking pneumonia, but whatever. It’s good to be back to work.)

And what a day to come back to. First, we will deal with the bizarro story that is so incomplete on facts, we expect it nearly to turn around 180 degrees once some additional details leak out.

According to the incident report, Daniel Montalvo was using a weed wacker on Beghe’s Malibu property last week when the device malfunctioned. Cops tell us … a frustrated Montalvo “mistreated the device.” That pissed off Beghe, who then got into a loud confrontation with Montalvo which became physical.

TMZ has nothing else about what happened or any larger context. We’re left with the impression that Beghe is some unhinged actor who got pushy with the Mexican help on his ranch or something.

It makes you wonder why TMZ didn’t provide a little more background, such as this little nugget: Montalvo has been living under Beghe’s protection at the Malibu ranch since Montalvo’s dramatic escape and continuous battle with the Church of Scientology.

How do you leave a detail like that out of a story?

Beghe himself, as our readers know well, is himself not only a former Scientologist, but one who made a dramatic exit from the organization, denouncing it as a scam. He estimated that he’d put in about a million dollars over the dozen years he’d been a member.

We have reached out to Winter for help on the strange TMZ story, which seems to make little sense. Beghe, meanwhile, said he could not comment on the TMZ story at this time.

We also reached Marty Rathbun, who is in Los Angeles for Montalvo’s other legal matters. “The church is making some really stupid moves,” he said in regard to the TMZ story, but said he couldn’t say more.

Our other sources close to the Montalvo legal matter tell us that no, Montalvo has not suddenly turned against Beghe, despite what the TMZ story seems to imply.

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